{"id":236389,"date":"2026-04-18T00:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236389\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:56:09","slug":"charges-dropped-against-miami-doctor-accused-of-shipping-drug-gbl-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/236389\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges dropped against Miami doctor accused of shipping drug GBL \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami-Dade prosecutors have dropped charges against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/doctor-accused-of-shipping-drug-gbl-to-coral-gables-duplex\/3461274\/?amp=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Florida doctor accused of shipping packages of the illegal drug GBL<\/a> from overseas to a Coral Gables property he owns.<\/p>\n<p>Dairon Garc\u00eda was arrested in 2024 and charged with trafficking gamma-butyrolactone, or GBL, according to court records. He pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov\/drug_chem_info\/gbl.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GBL is a chemical <\/a>found in cleaning solutions and nail polish. According to the DEA, it is illicitly used as a substitute and chemical precursor to gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a date rape drug. <\/p>\n<p>In a memo explaining the decision to drop the case, Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney Jared Octala cited insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Octala wrote that the case relied largely on two pieces of evidence: Garc\u00eda\u2019s interview with investigators and a witness\u2019s testimony. However, the witness has health issues and is not expected to be able to testify, according to the memo.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Garc\u00eda\u2019s defense attorney filed a motion to suppress statements he made after his arrest, arguing that questioning continued after Garc\u00eda invoked his Sixth Amendment right to an attorney. The prosecutor\u2019s memo states there is a question as to whether his request was a clarification or a clear invocation of that right.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to NBC6, Garc\u00eda\u2019s attorney, Blandin Wright, said: \u201cDr. Garc\u00eda had no knowledge of the substances referenced in the case, did not consent to or participate in any alleged conduct, and fully cooperated with authorities throughout the investigation. The legal process has now concluded in his favor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His medical license remains active in the state of Florida, with no public complaints or disciplinary cases listed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade prosecutors have dropped charges against a South Florida doctor accused of shipping packages of the illegal drug&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10428,1219,123,125,124,1064],"class_list":["post-236389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-coral-gables","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}